the people who moved out of the city in the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's -- a move to surrounding counties. the churches tended to follow them, or the churches remained there and had no real grounding in the city. drive around town and go to any of the large so-called black churches. look at the license plates. they are maryland, for the most part. some virginia. few from the district. what does that mean? this pastor no longer has a constituency in that the city. that constituency is outside the city. so they do not have a voice. they do not have a collective voice. they do not comment on the morality or immorality in government. the few who show up to say something are all politically motivated in one way or the other. for example, you have these revelations about corruption in the city. people pleading guilty. people going off to jail. a council member forced to resign from the council, the chairman. two of the most prominent black pastors in the city -- what do you hear? we have to protect our mayor. he is innocent until proven guilty. ok, fine, but what about the criminality? what you